Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. - The Ghost Ships of Labrador
The two-issue story set in 1990 takes Hellboy and Abe to a small coastal town where a recent infestation of ghosts from the sea has taken over the area and also captured a young B.P.R.D. exorcist sent in earlier to determine the scope of the situation who disappeared within the dense mist. The twist of the story comes in the revelation of why the ghosts invaded the town, not to steal it for themselves but an attempt to hide from an even larger threat pursuing them across the seas.
When the giant ghost ship arrives to ingest more ghosts to force into its crew, Hellboy is taken as well which turns out none too well for the enslaving ghost ship whose hull he cracks sending it into whatever ghostly depths exist. The Ghost Ships of Labrador is your expected kind of Hellboy story, although the ending does feel a bit muddled and rushed making me wonder if this was originally supposed to be a longer story than what finally made it to print.
[Dark Horse Comics]
- Title: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. - The Ghost Ships of Labrador #1 & #2 (of 2)
- wiki: link
- Writers: Mike Mignola, Rob Williams
- Artist: Laurence Campbell
